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Thursday, October 21, 2021
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Elephant Hunting: A Review of “Together At Last” at The Second City Mainstage by Brian Hieggelke

Overall, this particular revue feels more improv-infused than I remember in past iterations, incorporating suggestions texted in by the audience rather than shouted out as in the past.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, October 14, 2021

A South Side Story: How Joshua Allen’s “The Last Pair of Earlies” Chronicles the Struggles of the Great Migration by Brian Hieggelke

The play is the story of shoemaker Wayland Early and his wife Della Rose, set in two times and two places: 1921 Mississippi and 1939 Chicago.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Stage Top 5: October 2021 by Brian Hieggelke

More of the big theaters get back into the business of live shows in October

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Collision Course: Steppenwolf Emerges from the Pandemic with New Leadership and a New Theater (Fall Arts Preview 2021) by Brian Hieggelke

Last May, three days before the murder of George Floyd, the company announced that executive director David Schmitz was leaving. And then this May, artistic director Anna Shapiro, who took o…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

On the Brink: City Lit’s “Thirteen Days” Gender-Swaps the Cuban Missile Crisis by Brian Hieggelke

As the closest the world's ever come to nuclear war, The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most consequential geopolitical events of the twentieth century and Brian Pastor chose to adapt a…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Stage Top 5: September 2021 by Brian Hieggelke

Live theater and opera make a comeback in a dramatic way.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

The Beauty Myth: A Review of “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” at Goodman Theatre by Brian Hieggelke

Set in 1986 in the Aburi Girls Boarding School in Ghana, five teenagers gossip and primp as they prepare for beauty pageant auditions the following day. The social hierarchy of "mean girls''…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Cruel to Be Kind? Veteran theater executive Brian Loevner issues a bold manifesto for these times by Brian Hieggelke

Loevner foresees the demise of many performing arts organizations as the effect of the pandemic plays out.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Sportsmanlike Conduct: A Review of His Shadow at 16th Street Theater by Brian Hieggelke

A theatrical take on the controversy surrounding NFL players' protests against police violence during the national anthem over the last couple of seasons.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, September 19, 2019

In Truthiness: A Review of Dana H. at Goodman Theatre by Brian Hieggelke

A world premiere of Lucas Hnath's most truthful play, one about his mother's kidnapping. Or is it?

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PM
Monday, August 5, 2019

Stranded in a Strange Land: A Review of Come From Away at Broadway In Chicago by Brian Hieggelke

This Tony Award winner mines its parochial material for outstanding humor, showing these small-town residents as far more open-minded than their mostly big-city counterparts.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM
Thursday, June 29, 2017

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards